Dutch Eredivisie special: Eriksen, Boilesen, De Jong, Strootman – Young guns of the 2010/11 season
For decades now, Dutch Eredivisie has been producing talents who have succeeded at the highest of levels while playing for elite European clubs. With the likes of Edwin van der Sar, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175, Rafael
van der Vaart and now http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547 achieving glittering success, there is no denying the fact that Dutch Eredivisie has remained a breeding ground for some of the finest players, and teams, in Europe.
Producing exceptional players continuously is a trade that Dutch top tier is not unfamiliar with, but the fact that these players always tend to move away from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 in order to seek lucrative contracts has seen Dutch football’s authority in Europe
diminish in recent times.
Furthermore, one can hardly argue against the fact that Dutch top-flight outfits have the finest youth system. Some even believe that they have the best youth academies in the world, with Ajax Amsterdam’s fabled Jong Ajax academy producing some household
names.
Bettor.com takes a quick glance at the promising young talents who performed impressively in the Eredivisie 2010/11 season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Eriksen-c9074 – Ajax Amsterdam
The 19-year-old playmaker performed impressively throughout the season and helped the Amsterdammers to their 30th Eredivisie triumph. The youngster played 28 matches and scored six goals, but the highly-rated midfielder made the headlines for
his bagful of assists.
Since Frank de Boer took over the managerial role from Martin jol, the Danish International has developed into a fearsome playmaker. Eriksen has great technical http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Skills-c40539 and is known as a hard working kid in the Amsterdammers squad.
Nicolai Boilesen – Ajax Amsterdam
Although the 19-year-old defender made his debut earlier in April this year against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heracles-Almelo-c39520, the youngster proved that he is a hot prospect at the left-back position and will make his name in years to come.
At the start of the 2010/11 season, the young defender was hardly the first pick at left back position. However, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vurnon-Anita-c36486 was given a defensive midfield
position, letting Boilesen appear on the left side of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904.
The Danish U-21 International played five matches for the Amsterdammers following his debut and the future seems bright for the youngster.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede
Along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marc-Janko-c23484, the 20-year-old was unarguably one of the best performers for Twente in the recently concluded season. The versatile midfielder started the season as an attacking midfielder under the leadership
of Michel Preud’homme, but his performances rocketed when the Belgian trainer moved him upfront with Marc Janko and Nacer Chadli. The Dutch International scored 12 goals and provided nine assists in 32 matches.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Utrecht-c39237
At the start of 2010/11 season, the 21-year-old was playing in Eerste Divisie with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sparta-Rotterdam-c40567. However, FC Utrecht managed to acquire his services in the winter transfer market. The defensive midfielder took the opportunity with aplomb and proved that
he has the potential to become one of the best defensive midfielders across Europe in years to come.
Although the youngster played 14 matches for the Utreg, his performances were enough to gather interest from a host of elite European clubs and it seems unlikely that the highly-rated midfielder would be pursuing his career at Stadion Galgenwaard in the
upcoming season.
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